Example Sentences

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Their only sin, as things stand, is arousing disgust.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

For many like Mr. Cruz, the crisis is arousing a mix of emotions, reflecting how the pressures of receiving so many newcomers at once are straining a haven sometimes described as the Southwest’s Ellis Island.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

The price is falling, and its growing capacity to store energy is arousing interest.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2015

That man was dragged before a court, and they said, 'He is arousing the people!'

From Time Magazine Archive

He then says that a thousand people have inquired of him about me; and I remark that I’m glad my experiment is arousing so much interest.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott